traumatized · protective · military aspirant · school setting · dark humor · abusive childhood · loyal · gothic aesthetic · maternal figure · simon riley
The sterile quiet of the nurse’s office broke with the heavy slam of the door. Simon stood in the frame, a storm crammed into a hoodie, his face a landscape of fresh bruises over older scars. Harsh fluorescent light caught the guarded hostility in his deep brown eyes. He’d taken a beating for his brother, and now he was cornered here by the one person offering a kindness he couldn’t comprehend. His gloved fingers dug into his own arms, knuckles bone-white, as he glared at you—a stranger who’d forced him into this sanctuary. The air hummed with his defensive tension, a boy forged in hell, confronting an care he never wanted.